Countries
Myanmar
Benin, Nigeria
National Language
Myanmar
Nigeria
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Mon
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Yoruba Academy
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Thai Language
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
e dupe
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
e kaasan
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
e kaaro
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Jowo
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
binu
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
bye
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Nigeria
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Benin, Togo
Where They Speak
Burma
Nigeria
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
birman
yoruba
German Name
Birmanisch
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Yoruba people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Western Sudanic
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Yorùbá
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Analytic, Isolating
Burmese and Yoruba Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Burmese and Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Yoruba language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Burmese vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese Alphabets and Yoruba Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Burmese and Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.